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Far Quotes by J.R.R. Tolkien
- I felt a curious thrill, as if something had stirred in me, half wakened from sleep. There was something very remote and strange and beautiful…
- My 'Sam Gamgee' is indeed a reflexion of the English soldier, of the privates and batmen I knew in the 1914 war, and recognised as…
- Most English-speaking people, for instance, will admit that cellar door is 'beautiful', especially if dissociated from its sense (and its spelling). More beautiful than, say,…
- Farewell we call to hearth and hall! Though wind may blow and rain may fall. We must away ere the break of day. Far over…
- It was just as the 1914 War burst on me that I made the discovery that 'legends' depend on the language to which they belong;…
- The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow,…
- Little by little, one travels far
- The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may…
- And the ship went out into the High Sea and passed into the West, until at last on a night of rain Frodo smelled a…
- So it ends as I guessed it would,' his thoughts said, even as it fluttered away; and it laughed a little within him ere it…
- O Elbereth! Gilthoniel! We still remember, we who dwell In this far land beneath the trees. Thy starlight on the Western Seas.
- Clap! Snap! the black crack! Grip, grab! Pinch, nab! And down down to Goblin-town You go, my lad! Clash, crash! Crush, smash! Hammer and tongs!…
- Lazy Lob and crazy Cob are weaving webs to wind me. I am far more sweet than other meat, but still they cannot find me!…
- Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where…
- Supernatural is a dangerous and difficult word in any of its senses, looser or stricter. But to fairies it can hardly be applied, unless super…
- But to Sam the evening deepened to darkness as he stood at the Haven; and as he looked at the grey sea he saw only…
- Far more often [than asking the question 'Is it true?'] they [children] have asked me: 'Was he good? Was he wicked?' That is, they were…
- And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me, for you she loves and knows; but in me she…
- Far over misty mountains cold To dungeons deep and caverns old We must away, ere break of day, To find our long-forgotten gold.
- He loved mountains, or he had loved the thought of them marching on the edge of stories brought from far away; but now he was…
- Together we will take the road that leads into the West, And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.
- Far, far below the deepest delvings of the dwarves, the world is gnawed by nameless things.
- His head was swimming, and he was far from certain even of the direction they had been going in when he had his fall. He…
- Far over the Misty Mountains cold, To dungeons deep and caverns old, We must away, ere break of day, To seek our pale enchanted gold.…
- The stars are far brighter Than gems without measure, The moon is far whiter Than silver in treasure; The fire is more shining On hearth…
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